Asymmetrical expression of transsexual phenotypes in hummingbirds

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1467, 2001, Pages 639-646

  Bleiweiss, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Hummingbird; Plumage coloration; Polymorphism; Sexual dimorphism; Transsexuality

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; BIRD; PLUMAGE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

ARTICLE; BIRD; FEMALE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSSEXUALISM;

AVES; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 0035932316     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1408     Document Type: Article

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